Arthashastra

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धर्मस्थः प्रदेष्टा वा हैरण्य दण्डम् अदण्ड्ये क्षिपति क्षेप द्वि गुणम् अस्मै दण्डं कुर्यात्, हीन अतिरिक्त अष्ट गुणं वा ॥

When a judge or commissioner imposes an unjust fine in gold, he shall be fined either double the amount of the fine, or eight times that amount of imposition which is either more or less than the prescribed limit.

english translation

dharmasthaH pradeSTA vA hairaNya daNDam adaNDye kSipati kSepa dvi guNam asmai daNDaM kuryAt, hIna atirikta aSTa guNaM vA ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript